The 2016 División Profesional season (officially the 2016 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.
Teams
Stadia and location
Team Manager Home city Stadium CapacityCerro Porteño Gustavo Florentín Asunción General Pablo Rojas 32,000Deportivo Capiatá Víctor Genes Capiatá Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia 10,000General Caballero Robert Pereira Asunción Hugo Bogado Vaceque 5,000General Díaz Humberto García Luque General Adrián Jara 3,500Guaraní Daniel Garnero Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000Libertad Eduardo Villalba Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000Nacional Ever Almeida Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000Olimpia Mauro Caballero Asunción Manuel Ferreira 15,000River Plate Roberto Lugo Asunción River Plate 5,000Rubio Ñu Gregorio Pérez Asunción La Arboleda 5,000Sol de América Daniel Farrar Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 5,000 Sportivo Luqueño Mario Jara Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000
Torneo Apertura The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 113th official championship of the Primera División, called "Abraham Zapag", and the first championship of the 2016 season. It began on January 22 and ended on May 22.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Brian MontenegroNacional 18 2 Santiago SalcedoLibertad 13 3 Roberto GamarraDeportivo Capiatá 12 Luís LealCerro Porteño 12 William MendietaOlimpia 12 Alejandro SilvaOlimpia 12
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Clausura The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 114h official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario de la Conmebol", and the second championship of the 2016 season. It began on July 8 and ended on December 18.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Ernesto ÁlvarezSol de América 14 Cecilio DomínguezCerro Porteño 14 3 Santiago SalcedoLibertad 13 4 Néstor CamachoGuaraní 12 5 Osmar LeguizamónGeneral Caballero 10 William MendietaOlimpia 10
Source: Soccerway
Aggregate table
Relegation Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average are relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
Pos Team 2014Pts 2015Pts 2016Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Guaraní 87 86 83 256 132 2 Libertad 96 76 83 255 132 3 Cerro Porteño 75 96 66 237 132 4 Olimpia 63 79 90 232 132 5 Sol de América 55 57 63 175 132 6 Sportivo Luqueño 63 57 53 173 132 7 Deportivo Capiatá 47 54 67 168 132 8 Nacional 62 43 54 159 132 9 Rubio Ñu 50 48 48 146 132 10 General Díaz 48 45 46 139 132 11 General Caballero (R) — — 46 46 44 Relegated to the División Intermedia 12 River Plate (R) — — 28 28 44 Source: APF
See also 2016 in Paraguayan football
References
External links APF's official website 2016 season on RSSSF